In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote "Bruce Ambraal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi
>
> Could someone help?
>
> the following code is not working.
What's wrong ?
What's the error message ?
>
> open(INPUT_FILE,"+>fixed.dat") || die "Could not open filename";
In this snippet INPUT_FILE is a file where you write output to.
Don't call an output file INPUT_FILE!
> while (<STDIN>) {
> print INPUT_FILE "bruce\n";
It should write as many lines as read by <STDIN>
bruce.
E.g. if your STDIN consists of 4 lines, your output is:
bruce
bruce
bruce
bruce
Is it what you really want ?
> }
> close(INPUT_FILE);
Best Wishes,
Andrea
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